These three smartphones feature top-end specs to try and complete with the Samsung Galaxy S20, Google Pixel 4, and phones like the upcoming iPhone 12 and OnePlus 8. Huawei's smartphone hardware remains excellent, and the camera is competitive

Camera

Whether you’re after a landscape masterpiece or you’re just looking for a cheeky selfie, the P40s seem to be packing serious camera power.

If you love to shoot video, there’s good news here too. All models support 4K 60fps video recording. Expect smooth, high detail movies. Not blurry home movies.

Process Power

Under the hood is Huawei’s Kirin chipset with plenty of RAM to play with. The combination of a speedy processor and a good chunk of memory gives you a smooth, seamless performance. You’ll notice this when you’re scrolling through the phone opening and closing apps. No lag. This deadly combination also makes fast-paced games like Fortnite a pleasure to play.

Quality displays

Expect crystal clear high def OLED displays in all models. No one wants to peer at a small, fuzzy phone screen when watching movies or playing games on the go. The smallest you’ll get here is the still considerable 6.1 inches on the P40 5G. The Lite expands on this with the P40 Pro 5G topping out at 6.58 inches.

Power for hours, charges in minutes

Looking at Huawei’s talk time numbers give us a good idea of how long the battery lasts. Expect 21 hours of talk time on the P40 5G, but if keeping charged is your priority the P40 Lite might be your best bet at 33 hours.

Whichever you choose, Huawei SuperCharge’s USB-C connection will have you back in the game in no time.

Memory and Space

Whether your first download is Skype or Spotify, you’ll want to be sure you have plenty of space to store all of your downloads. The P40s come with a decent chunk of space straight out of the box, but with extra nano memory card slots, you can ramp that up to 256 GB.

Built to last

With cameras this good, you’ll be wanting to take your P40 around with you. But whether it’s on a city break or to the beach, the P40s IP rating for water and dust means that you P40 5G, P40 Lite, P40 Lite 5G or P40 Pro 5G can handle what you throw at it.